Daily+Agendas+-+November+2011

=Daily Agendas Archive -- November 2011=

[ 11.30.2011 ]

 * Poetry Out Loud classroom competition
 * Homework: none (You're welcome.)

[ 11.29.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "Poem Connection"
 * Hold mock Poetry Out Loud competitions in groups and give feedback on recitations
 * Hear individual volunteers as a class
 * Homework: practice poem recitation for 15-30 minutes

[ 11.28.2011 ]

 * Hold mock Poetry Out Loud competitions in groups and give feedback on recitations
 * Hear individual volunteers as a class
 * Homework: practice poem recitation for 15-30 minutes

[ 11.23.2011 ]

 * QUIZ: Lit Terms List 04 and commonly confused words (log into Engrade, click on Reader's/Writers Workshop, go to "More" on the left side, choose "Quizzes," then click on Lit Terms/Grammar Quiz 04)
 * Noise activity (with Mr. Wiggs)
 * Homework (over Thanksgiving break):
 * Practice your Poetry Out Loud poem 15-30 minutes each day
 * Finish Part One of //Fahrenheit 451// ("The Hearth and the Salamander") by Monday, November 28

[ 11.22.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "Good Recitation"
 * Review POL rubric (found on page 11 of the Teacher's Guide)
 * Hold mock competitions within groups and provide feedback using rubric
 * Discuss National Day of Listening extra credit opportunity -- read the instruction guide if you're interested; due Friday, December 2
 * Homework: study Lit Terms List 04 and commonly confused words (its/it's, to/too/two, your/you're, there/their/they're)

[ 11.21.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "Memorized poem"
 * Mini-lesson: tone (using "Rondeau" by Leigh Hunt)
 * Create tone maps for selected Poetry Out Loud poems
 * Homework:
 * Finish tone map
 * Rehearse Poetry Out Loud poem recitation for 15-30 minutes

[ 11.18.2011 ]

 * Mini-lesson: citations
 * Homework:
 * Continue working on //Ishmael// essay -- final draft due Monday
 * Continue reading/analyzing Poetry Out Loud poem using the 11 steps for reading poetry
 * Memorize Poetry Out Loud poem by Monday

[ 11.17.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "Conflict in //Twelve Angry Jurors//"
 * Mini-lesson: using quotations
 * Homework:
 * Continue working on //Ishmael// essay -- final draft due Monday
 * Continue reading/analyzing Poetry Out Loud poem using the 11 steps for reading poetry
 * Memorize Poetry Out Loud poem by Monday

[ 11.16.2011 ]

 * Water treatment plant field trip (morning) and team building activities (afternoon)
 * Homework: Continue working on Ishmael essay

[ 11.15.2011 ]

 * Finish peer conferencing
 * Begin analyzing poems for Poetry Out Loud
 * PWT for Ishmael essay
 * Homework:
 * Continue working on //Ishmael// essay -- final draft due Monday
 * Memorize poem by Monday (use the 11 steps for reading a poem on the Poetry Out Loud page to help you understand your poem)

[ 11.14.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "//Fahrenheit 451// first impressions"
 * Peer conferencing and PWT for Ishmael essay
 * Homework:
 * Continue working on //Ishmael// essay -- final draft due Monday
 * Read //Fahrenheit 451// pg. 24-34 (e-book 23-33)

[ 11.09.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "Sentence Corrections"
 * Browse the online collection of poems for Poetry Out Loud
 * PWT for Ishmael essay
 * Homework (all due Monday, November 14):
 * Submit 3-4 poem choices to Poetry Out Loud poem choice form
 * Complete rough draft of Ishmael essay
 * Read //Fahrenheit 451// (hard copy - 3-24; e-book - 2-23)
 * Complete Grammar Bytes worksheet on its/it's and write five examples using you're/your on back

[ 11.08.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "//Fahrenheit// //451// anticipation"
 * Mini-lesson: confused/misused words and phrases
 * Homework:
 * Finish Lit Terms slides
 * Finish //Fahrenheit 451// anticipation post and replies
 * Continue working on Ishmael essay
 * Complete both sides of word choice worksheet (from Grammar Bytes)

[ 11.07.2011 ]

 * Warm-up: "Lit Terms List 04"
 * Mini-lesson: Lit Terms List 04
 * PWT for Ishmael essay
 * Homework:
 * Lit Terms slides due Wednesday
 * View slideshow on confused/misused words and phrases (from Grammar Bytes)
 * Continue working on Ishmael essay

[ 11.04.2011 ]

 * PWT for Ishmael essay assignment -- Consider using the ReadWriteThink Essay Map to help you plan your ideas
 * Homework: continue working on //Ishmael// essay (30 minutes)

[ 11.03.2011 ]

 * Introduce Ishmael essay assignment
 * PWT: brainstorming/mapping for //Ishmael// essay
 * Homework: continue freewriting (2 pages)

[ 11.02.2011 ]

 * Continue reviewing ClassScape questions
 * Homework: be ready for the English I EOQ tomorrow!
 * Go to bed early
 * Eat breakfast

[ 11.01.2011 ]

 * Continue reviewing ClassScape questions
 * Homework: 10 ClassScape questions with reasoning for each answer explained in a Word/OpenOffice document and uploaded to Engrade
 * RWWS 3: 00U - 70V (goal 5.01)
 * RWWS 4: 00K - S0K (goal 4.03)